Basket handle



Aug 6, 1946. D. A. LARKIN BASKET HANDLE Filed April 3, 1944 'INVENTOR Daniel Larkin,

atented Aug. 6, 1946 Daniel A. Larkin, Sandusky,

Hinde & Dauch Company,

corporation of Ohio Ohio,'assignor to The Sandusky, Ohio, a,

Application AprilB, 1944, Serial No. 529,291

This invention relates to containers of the bas-' ket type formed of fiber board, corrugated board, or similar materials, and more particularly to a handle for such containers.

Objects of the invention are to provide a simple and practical means of detachably connecting a handle to a container, to provide a strong and durable connection between the handle and container and to provide a connection which enables the handle to be quickly and easily attached to the container.

With the above and other objects in View, the invention may be said to comprise the basket as illustrated in the accompanying drawing hereinafter described and particularly set forth in the appended claims, together with such variations and modifications thereof as will be apparent to one skilled in the art to which the invention pertains.

Reference should be had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a basket embodying the invention.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the handle.

Figure 3 is a transverse vertical section through the basket.

Figures 4, 5 and 6 are diagrammatic views, showing success've positions occupied by an end of the handle during the operation of attaching the handle to the container.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, the container of the present invention is in the form of a box having bottom wall I, end wall 2 and side walls which have outer panels 3 and inner flaps or panels 4, that are connected by a top edge fold line 5. For attachment of a handle to the container, each of the side walls is rovided with an angle slot having a top portion 6 that extends along the top edge fold 5 and the downwardly extending inclined portion 1 that is formed in each of the inner panels 4. The top portions 6 of the angle slots are disposed midway between the ends of the side walls, and serve to position a handle 8 that is formed of sheet material, the body portion of the handle 8 being in the form of an elongated strip that is made flexible by spaced transverse creases 9.

At the ends thereof, the handle 8 has heads ll] of greater width than the body of the strip, the heads Ill having arcuate edges II and being provided with shoulders l2 at right angles to the body portion of the handle. The width of the body portion of the handle 8 corresponds to the length of the top portion 6 of the angle slots, and

3 Claims. '(01. 229+52A) the shoulders 12 of the handle are adapted to engage the interior of the top edge fold 5 beyond opposite ends of the slot 6.

The head 10 of the handle 8 is inserted into the space between the panels 3 and 4, as illustrated in Figures 4, 5 and 6. The head I0 is first inserted downwardly into the angle slot, as-shown in Figure 4 and is then moved laterally to the position shown in Figure 5 and then tilted to upright position, to bring the body portion of the handle into the slot 6 and to bring the shoulders l2 into engagement with the interior of the top edge fold at opposite ends of the slot 6, as shown in Figure 6.

The angle slots of the two side walls are preferably reversely arranged as shown in Figure 1, the downwardly inclined portions 1 of the two slots being at opposite ends of the top portions 6 and being reversely inclined. The reverse arrangement of the slots eliminates the possibility of accidental displacement of the handle. The heads 10 are free to move up and down in the spaces between the panels 3 and 4, so that the handle 8 may be flattened to permit the baskets to be stacked, one upon another. .As shown in Figures 1 and 2, the creases 9 are so disposed adjacent to the ends of the handle, as to provide short sections l3 that are adapted to be pushed down into the side walls of the basket when weight is imposed upon the handle. The sections 13 being of such length that the intermediate portion of the handle will occupy a substantially horizontal position when the sections l3 are pushed downwardly into the space between the side walls.

It is to be understood that variations and modifications of the specific construction herein shown and described for purposes of illustration, may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What I claim is:

1. A basket having side walls, each comprising inner and outer panels connected by a top edge fold, each side wall having an angle slot consisting of a top portion extending along said fold and a portion extending downwardly in one of said panels from one end of said top portion, and a handle having fiat portions adjacent its ends of a width to substantially fit in the top portions of said slots and fiat heads of greater width than said top portions of the slots, each providing shoulders for engagement with the interior of a top edge fold at opposite ends of the top portion of a slot, each head being of a size to permit it to be entered laterally into the space between the panels through the downwardly extending portion of one of the angle slots.

2. A basket having side walls, each comprising inner and outer panels connected by a top edge fold, each side wall having an angle slot midway between its ends, each slot consisting of a top portion extending along thetop edge fold and a portion in the inner panel extending downwardly from one end of the top portion and at an obtuse angle thereto, and a handle having a width substantially equal to the top portion of one of the slots and a flat head at each end of a width greater than the length of the top DOrtion of one of said slots and a portion adjacent each head of a width to enter the top portion of a slot, each head being of a size to permit its entry laterally through the downwardly extend ing portion of an angle slot into the space between the panels of a side wall, each head having shoulders. engageable with the interior of the top edge fold beyond the ends of the top portion of the slot.

3. A basket having side walls, each comprising inner and outer panels connected by a top edge fold, each side wall having an angle slot consisting of a top portion extending along said fold and a portion extending downwardly from an end of the top edge portion at an obtuse angle thereto, the downwardly extending inclined portion of the slot of onewall being reversely disposed with respect to the inclined 1 portion of the slot of the other wall, and a handle having afiat head at each end adapted to be inserted downwardly and laterally through a slot into the space between the inner and outer panels of a 1 side wall,-each head being wider than the top portion; of oneof the angle slots and having shoulders engageable with the interior of the fold beyond the ends of the top portion of the slot, the body of the handle adjacent each head being of a width to. substantially fit in the top portion of one of said slots.

DANIEL A. LARKIN. 

